Last week I wrote about the dueling studies and conflicting programs on all matters of Health, Fitness and Personal Energy for Seniors and how they are confusing.
I said I would start a series of articles about the pros and cons of all those different studies and programs on exercise, eating, rest and sleep, etc. and how each affected us specifically as seniors. It seems I bit off a little more than I can chew right now..
I opened up a can of worms. This is not a four or five week project. If I want to do it justice, it is a long term research project. You can find summaries online but most of them are weak summaries. For example, a major magazine recently published a list of the 30 most popular diets, and discusses them in terms of “good, better and best”. Thirty popular diets? Really? And just what “objective” criteria did the magazine use to come up with those values?
The point is, that, as I pointed out in last week’s article, we each have different exercise and nutritional needs and no one solution works for all.
I will point out three things that are important to note in choosing a diet or exercise program:
1. The main common denominator in the successful diet programs is the drastic reduction or elimination of refined sugars.
2. A number of the studies that precipitated many of the diets were funded by food manufacturing and production companies, and
3. The main component of most of the major exercise programs is full range of joint movement against some level of resistance.
So, an in depth series reflecting the pros and cons of all the major studies and programs is not in the cards for a while. Sorry about that, but I would be doing you a major injustice by doing it here and now. It will come.
Thank you for reading.